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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Budgeted cost of work performed






2. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






3. A source of variation that is inherent in the system and predictable. on a control chart - it appears as part of the random process variation and is indicated by random pattern of points within the control limits. also referred to as random cause






4. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.






5. Any continuous series of schedule activities connected with logical relationships in a project schedule network diagram






6. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






7. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






8. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






9. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






10. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact






11. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.






12. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






13. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






14. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






15. Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.






16. Logical relationship where completion of work of the successor activity cannot finish until the completion of work of the predecessor activity.






17. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion






18. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units






19. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






20. Estimating the type and quantities of material - people - equipment or supplies required to perform the activity






21. Subsystem of overall project management system. collection of formal documented procedures that defines how project work will be authorized to ensure that the work is done by the identified organization - at the right time and in the proper sequence.






22. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports






23. Point in time associated with a schedule activities' start.






24. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






25. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






26. Subdivision of a phase






27. A diagram that describes a decision under consideration and the implications of choosing one or another of the available alternatives. it is used when some future scenarios or outcomes of actions are uncertain. it incorporates probabilities and costs






28. Logical relationship where initiation of work of the successor activity depends on the completion of work of the predecessor activity






29. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






30. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule






31. Compares technical accomplishments during project execution to the project management plan's schedule of planned technical achievements.






32. Reserve






33. Type of procurement document used to request price quotations from prospective sellers of common or standard products or services






34. Aggregating the estimated costs of individual activities or work packages to establish an authorized cost baseline






35. Process which generates hundreds or thousands of probable performance outcomes based on probability distributions for cost and schedule on individual tasks. the outcomes are used to generate a probability distribution for a project as a whole.






36. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes






37. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






38. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






39. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






40. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






41. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






42. Risk response planning technique associated with threats that seeks to reduce the probability of occurrence or impact of a risk to below an acceptable threshold






43. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






44. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






45. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






46. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information






47. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






48. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






49. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






50. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions